Jatropha!] cxxii. EUPHORBiACEiE (hutchinson). 788 



flowers : Sepals as in the male. Petals absent. Disk deeply 5-lobed. 

 Ovary oblong, glabrous. Ripe fruit not seen. — Pax in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxiii. 530, and in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 54. 



Xrile ILand. British East Africa : Kilimanjaro Kxpeditiou, 40-60 miles from 

 the coast, Johnston ! 



Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Muoa, Hoist, 2994! 



11. J. ersrthropoda. Pax <C- K. Hoffm. in Engl, Pflanzenr. 

 Euphorb.-Jatroph. 6G. Tuber 4 in. long, Ij-l J in. in diam. ; stems 

 2-3 from each tuber, up to 8 in. high, pubescent, about 1 lin. in diam. 

 Leaves subsessile, 1J-2| in. long, irregularly pinnatisect; lobes linear, 

 pinnately lobed, dentate or undulate ; stipules setaceous, bilobed or 

 simple, small. Cymes shortly pedunculate, small, shorter than the 

 leaves, shortly pubescent ; bracts subulate-lanceolate, denticulate. Male 

 flowers: Sepals triangular-ovate, acute, denticulate, IJ lin. long, glab- 

 rous. Petals nearly twice as long as the sepals, obovate, glabrous. 

 Stamens 8 ; filaments partially connate. Female flowers larger than 

 the male : Sepals oblong-lanceolate, subacute, about 1 J lin. long, toothed, 

 glabrous. Petals linear-lanceolate, subacute, about twice the length of 

 the sepals, entire, glabrous. Ovary glabrous ; stigmas linear, about 1 lin. 

 long. Capsule depressed -globose, about 5 lin. in diam., slightly warted. 



&ower Ouinea. Qermnn South-west Africa: Omaheke, Xeitsas, Dinter, 

 671! 



12. J. gossypifolia, Limi. Sp. PI. ed. i. lOOC. A shrub up to 

 6 ft. high ; branches stout, glabious. Leaves more or less orbicular 

 in outline, cordate at the base, 3-5-lobed beyond the middle, lJ-5 in. 

 in diam., gland-toothed and shortly pubescent on the margin, mem- 

 branous, glabrous on both surfaces ; lobes obovate or obovate-lanceolate, 

 usually acute, J- If in. broad ; lateral nerves to each lobe about 9-12, 

 tjlender, looped near the margin, distinct on both surfaces ; veins rathei* 

 lax, distinct below ; petiole up to 4 J in. long, furnished with numerous 

 forked gland-tipped appendages resembling the stipules, slightly pubes- 

 cent; stipules multisect, about 2 lin. long; segments linear, gland- 

 tipped, glabrous. Cymes pedunculate, lax ; peduncle up to 4 in. long ; 

 bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, up to J in. long, stipitate, gland-toothed, 

 glabrous. Male flowers rather crowded : Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 IJ lin. long, with numerous glandular teeth, very slightly pubescent. 

 Petals obovate, rounded at the apex, 2 lin. long, IJ lin. broad, entire, 

 multistriate, glabrous. Disk-glands slightly wrinkled, rounded. Stamens 

 8 ; filaments connate for } their length. Female flowers : Sepals lanceo- 

 late, acutely acuminate, 4 lin. long, IJ lin. broad, gland-toothed, 

 glabrous. Petals absent. Disk lobed. Ovary thinly pubescent ; styles 

 erect, swollen and bifid at the apex, slightly connate at the base. 

 Capsule J in. long, glabrous or nearly so. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, 4 lin. 

 long, greyish-yellow, slightly mottled ; caruncle about 10-segmentate. — 

 Jacq. Ic. iii. t. 623; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 117 ; Mull. Arg. in IK). Prodr. 

 XV. ii. 1086, incl. var. elegans, and in FJ. Bras. xi. ii. 491 ; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. v. 383; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Jatroph. 20. 



